Mold.



L. LEVINE.

MOLD.

4 APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 13, 19124 1,076,681 Patented 0013.28, 1.913.

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LOUIS LIEVINE, 0F NORTHPORT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JUDSON S.

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MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28 1913.

Application filed .Tune 13, 1912. Serial No. 703,503.

rlhis inventionmelates to a class of devices l :11 composed of two mating members, or

adapted to be used for making hollow ,art-icles of manufacture fro-m plastic material.

My invention has for its object primarilyto provide a mold or device designed to be employed for making various articles, and especially the heads of dolls, from plastic material in. a form so that the interior thereof will be hollow whereby it will be light in weight, and wherein Vis provided a die or shell composed of two mating members having the opposed surfaces thereof cut-out, or recessed in the form ofthe configuration; of the article to be molded. By the use of a collapsible core which is also preferably of the shape of the art-icle, and which consists of a plurality of segments, the plastic material is pressed between the core and the mating members when assembled so as to conform with the recesses thereof.

' Another object of the invention is to provide a corea-od to support the segments when assembled for use in conjunction with the mating members of the die, and whichy is adapted-to be adjusted so as to maintain a uniform thickness of the article to be provide a simplified and eiiicient mold which is susceptible of being made in various forms so that it may be employed to makefrom plastic material various sizes and types of hollow articles.

A practical embodiment of the. invention V is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indi'- cate corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully de scribed hereinafter and then pointed out in the appended claims. 4

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, partly in detail, of one form of mold embodying my invention. F 2 is a view of one end of the segmental co lapsible core. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the lines ll-ll of- Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail side Aview of three of the segments of the collapsible core, and Fig. 5 is a detail side `View of one of the other segments of the core.

The inold or device 19 has a die, or shell plates 12 and 13 which may be made in any suitable shape, or size. opposed faces of each of the mating members, or plates 12 and 13 are cut-out, or recessed, at 14 and l5, in a form of the configuration of the article tobe molded when `said members are disposed in mating arrangement, as in Fig. 1 which shows a doll head and its neck. One `end of each of the mating members '12 and 13 is also cut-Cut whereby a passage 16 is provided through the wall of the die, and which communi- A portion of the cates with the recess so as to removably hold i therein the collapsible core 17 which serves to form the hollow interior of the article to 4be molded. 1n order to hold the core 17 26 of the shape of an irregular triangle as viewed transversely whereby two right.

angle straight .faces 27, 28 and an irregularly curved face 29 are provided. Each of the segments, 22, 23, 24, 25 also has an enlarged part 30 having two parallel straight side faces 32 and 33 and anirregularly curved face 34. lntegrally formed upon one end of the enlarged part of each of -the segments is a stem 35 which is exteriorly threaded, at 35a, so that when' the segmentsA are assembled a uniform right and leftA thread willbe provided. The corner of the Straight faces of eachof the segments 18, 19, 2 0, 21 and the corresponding part-of each of the stems 35 thereof are similarly cut-out, ,and the face of each of the segments 22, 23, 2,4, 25 which' -1s'`oppos1te to the curved face 34 as well as the face of the stem thereof ,opposite to the threads 35ZL are also similarly cut-out whereby a passage 3G is provided centrally between all of thc segments and the stems when assembled. For the purpose of supporting all of the segments when assembled in the passage 3G is an adjustable core-rod 37. l

The core-rod 37 is considerably longer than the segments and stems of the core so that one end of it, as 37a, may serve as a handle for conveniently manipulating the core 17. Adjacent to the handle 37EL the corerod 37 is threaded, at 37b, and serving as a means to adjust said core-rod asy occasion requires is an adjustable element, or sleeve 38. The sleeve 3S is interiorly threaded, at 39, and a portion of the wall of said sleeve is thicker than the other portion whereby large and small communicating passages 40 and 41 are formed. lVhen'the segments and the stems are assembled upon the core-rod 17 the threads of the-wall of the passage 40 of the sleeve'will engage the threaded portions 35a of the stems of the segments, and the threads of the wall of the passage 41 will engage the threads 37b of the core-rod. rlhus by rotating the sleeve 38 the segments and stems may be suitably adjusted upon the corerod 17, or by rotating the handle of the core-rod its end between the seg` ments may be moved inwardly or outwardly of the passage between said segments.

In operating the Amold for making a hollow article, lor a doll head, a suitable quantity of the plastic material is placed in the recesses 14 and 15 of the mating members, or plates 12 and 13'. `The collapsible core, when its parts are assembled, is disposed between the layers of the plastic material so as to' be centrally of the recess of the die and one of the edges of the sleeve 38 will abut against the plate 17a when the members are arranged'in mating order. During the hardening process of the plastic material the mold is subjected to a heavy pressure Vto overcome the expansion arising during setting of the plastic material and which tends to force the core outwardly from between the members notwithstanding the resistance which is met by contact with the `sleeve 38 and the retaining plate 17a.

Should the core move underthe force of the pressureto some extent there will be avariation in the thickness of the wall of the article being molded, and to equalize the thickness of the wall the segments and stems may be suitably moved upon the corerod by rotating the sleeve 38, or the corerod 37 may be adjusted independently by rotating its handle 37a'. After the article is formed the core-rod and the sleeve are rotated so as to be released from engagement with the stems of the segments for withdrawal from the passage therebetween.

Onevof the segments 22, 23, 24, 25 is extracted from the article, and the remaining segments' will collapse and may be removed in like manner. i In the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form of my invention,

1. In a device of the character described the combination with a mold composed of two separable mating parts, each part being recessed to conform to the configuration of the object to be molded, of a core composed of a plurality of segments, a number of which have correspondingly triangular faces and one or more being formed with straight parallel side faces so as to permit all of the segments to be arranged circumferentially, a plurality of stems, each having one of its ends formed upon the corresponding end of each of the segments and all of the segments and said stems having the corresponding edges thereof cut-out whereby a passage will be provided through t-he core when the segments and the stems are assembled,

said stems being exteriorly formed so that a cylindrical extension will be provided when the segments are concentrically arranged, a cylindrical core-rod movably disposed in the passage and a cylindrical sleeve serving to removably hold the ends of the segments to the core-rod and adapted to engage said cylindrical extension and the corerod, whereby said segments and the corerod will be adjusted in relation to each other, and the core suitably supported in the mold by the impingement of said sleeve against the walls of the opening of the mold communicating with the recesses within the mold, and aA plate secured by a removable screw to the frame of the 1nold,and adapted for engaging the said sleeve whereby the sleeve and said core'are retained in proper position.

2. In a device of the character described the combination with a mold, composed of two independent separable mating parts,l

each part being recessed'toconform with 'the configuration of the article to be molded and having a semi-cylindrical'extension to each recess communicating withthe end of the part, whereby a cylindrical passage is provided in one end of said mold to com inunicate with the recess thereof, of a core of less size than the interior of the mold, said core being composed of a plurality of pompeiA alternately arranged irregular/quadrangular and rectangular segments each havin a segmental portion removed from one tace thereof, whereby said segments may he assembled in compact form cireumferentially around a core rod, each segment having also an extension upon one of its ends, adapted to serve as a stem for securing the segments to the core-rod, said core-rod having a threaded portion adapted to receive an interiorly threaded sleeve, said sleeve having an interiorly threaded portion of larger diameter than the portion that engages the core-rod, said interiorly threaded portion he ing adapted for engagement with threade provided upon the ende of the steine of said segmental core, whereby the said Vcore-ie se- .eured in assembled relation around the core- This speeilie'ation signed and witnessed this twelfth day of June A. D.. 191%.

LUlS LEVNE.

Witnesses:

Roer. ABBOTT? Umm/ron f, 

